Tue, Apr 27, 2010
Belfort Instrument Inks AWOS Contract With Regional
Planning Commission
The New Jersey Department of Transportation will upgrade
Automated Weather Observation Systems (AWOS) under a contract
announced Sunday by Belfort Instrument Company. The company will
supply and install 15 DigiWx at airports around the state for the
New Jersey Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics
(NJDOT).
The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC),
Philadelphia, PA was selected by NJDOT to administer the selection
process, the installation, and certify completion of all 15 AWOS
units. The Belfort DigiWx AWOS will report wind speed, wind
direction, wind gusts, altimeter, temperature, relative humidity,
dew point, density altitude, and visibility and condensation
altitude. The real-time weather will be reported directly to
the pilot over a discrete frequency VHF transmitter. The
DigiWx also has, as standard, a graphic display for preflight
planning. All of the weather reporting from the DigiWx
stations will be available on the Internet as well.
The 15 airports selected to receive the DigiWx AWOS are:
Alexandria Airport (N85), Blairstown Airport (1N7), Central New
Jersey Regional Airport (47N), Cross Keys Airport (17N), Flying W
Airport (N14), Greenwood Lake Airport (4N1), Hammonton Municipal
Airport (N81), Lakewood Airport (N12), Lincoln Park Airport (N07),
Old Bridge Airport (3N6), Princeton Airport (39N), Sky Manor
Airport (N40), Solberg-Hunterdon Airport (N51), Spitfire Aerodrome
(7N7), Trenton-Robbinsville Airport (N87).
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